Book Review: Beginning Drupal

Here is another book review, this time it is about Drupal. The book that I have selected to review about Drupal is “Beginning Drupal” by Jacob Redding. I would say that this book is not just another book about Drupal. It is a perfect book about Drupal for a beginner because:

This book is well-organized. You don’t have to spend a lot of time searching for a basic topic in Drupal using this book.

The book has covered all the topics that are relevant and necessary for a beginner.

Other highlights of this book – This book has done a good job as far as custom module development is concerned. It has dealt module development from start to end which is ideal for a beginner.

This is also one of the few books about Drupal that talks about how to use Drupal to create multiple independent web sites and multiple related web sites. This book also has done justice to “Themes and Theming in Drupal” which is one of the areas in Drupal where beginners initially struggle to understand the concepts.

Here is a list of topics that are covered in this book:

Chapter 1 – Introducing Drupal

Chapter 2 – Installing Drupal

Chapter 3 – Your first Drupal Website

Chapter 4 – administration – Configuration, Modules and Reporting

Chapter 5 – Administration – Blocks, Menus and Themes

Chapter 6 – Content

Chapter 7 – User Management

Chapter 8 – Taxonomy

Chapter 9 – Search, Performance, Statistics and Reporting

Chapter 10 – Triggers, Actions, Workflow, and Rules

Chapter 11 – Views

Chapter 12 – Internationalization

Chapter 13 – Theming

Chapter 14 – Contributed Modules

Chapter 15 – Custom Modules

Chapter 16 – Development Hooks

Chapter 17 – Module Development

Chapter 18 – Advanced Drupal Installations

Chapter 19 – Preflight Checklist

Overall, this book is ideal for those who are brand new to Drupal. If you are one of those who have decided that “I want to get a strong a foundation in Drupal Fundamentals”, then this is the book that you should buy.